{"product_id":"rabbit-1","title":"Rabbit: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for a 2018 Southern Book Prize for Biography and History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An absolute must-read\" – Shondaland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Rabbit] tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous humor” – New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I know a lot of people think they know what it’s like to grow up in the hood. Like maybe they watched a couple of seasons of The Wire and they got the shit all figured out. But TV doesn’t tell the whole story.” – Ms. Pat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey called her Rabbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Williams (aka Ms. Pat) was born and raised in Atlanta at the height of the crack epidemic. One of five children, Pat watched as her mother struggled to get by on charity, cons, and petty crimes. At age seven, Pat was taught to roll drunks for money. At twelve, she was targeted for sex by a man eight years her senior. By thirteen, she was pregnant. By fifteen, Pat was a mother of two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlone at sixteen, this single teen mom was determined to make a better life for her children. But with no job skills and an eighth-grade education, her options were limited. She learned quickly that hustling and humor were the only tools she had to survive. \u003ci\u003eRabbit\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching and inspiring true story of cinematic scope and unexpected humor. With wisdom and humor, Pat gives us a rare glimpse of what it’s really like to be a black mom in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a girl who became a mother of two by fifteen, with only an eighth-grade education, find the strength not only to survive the crack epidemic but to build a new life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrutal Honesty:\u003c\/b\u003e From watching her alcoholic mother’s petty crimes to her own time selling crack, Ms. Pat lays out the unflinching reality of her past with no filter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOutrageous Humor:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the comedy that became a survival tool, finding laughs in the darkest situations and turning a life of pain into a career on stage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Story of Resilience:\u003c\/b\u003e Shot twice, a mother at thirteen, and facing a world of limited options, this is the story of a woman who refused to be a victim of her circumstances.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Hood to the Suburbs:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Ms. Pat’s improbable path from the inner city of Atlanta to a six-bedroom house in Indianapolis and a new life she built for her family.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46226075877586,"sku":"9780062407313","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46226075910354,"sku":"d7ecc835-106a-3344-bf73-3fd7bf835a0e","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_1f0c318a-ff9b-438a-8815-a6e1ac8ded2b.jpg?v=1763680586","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/rabbit-1","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}